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Dollars and Sense
Jack Buckby examines Iran's badly timed discovery: a Fars province field worth fifteen years of a South Pars phase, announced while war-damaged plants await...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Jack Buckby examines the job Trump has handed Scott Bessent: enforcing history's toughest sanctions against an Iran built to survive them, with China refusing...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Jack Buckby reports on a split screen from Tehran: President Pezeshkian calls for ending the war while Iran holds leverage, the armed forces chief...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Iran Is an Oil State That Now Burns More Fuel at Home Than It Actually Manages to Produce for Itself
Beijing has now answered publicly, saying pressure is not the solution. One American commissioner argues China has already upgraded the old trade war into...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Emirates has cut every commercial and financial tie. Chinese refiners are buying Brazilian and Iraqi crude instead. Iran's president said on Friday that...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The threat against Oman looks different once you know what Washington reportedly fears: that Muscat and other Gulf capitals might open the strait themselves,...
Dollars and Sense
Seven commodity vessels crossed the strait on Thursday, none of them supertankers or gas carriers. Traffic through the Bab el-Mandeb dropped as well. Chinese...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Stephen Silver covers the week's escalation in threats: Trump's promised 'Economic D-Day' against anyone aiding Iran, Bessent's vow to collapse the regime without a...